Sammi was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and returned home after graduating from college in Pennsylvania in 2015. She found her passion for yoga and began developing her practice in 2016 and completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2017. she went on to complete her yoga sculpt/fit flow training in 2023, and barre training in 2024. Sammi is also a practicing and licensed attorney in the state of Hawaii since 2020, and has continued to teach yoga throughout her legal education and career.